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US-8560515

Automatic generation of markers based on social interaction

PublishedOctober 15, 2013
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Technical Abstract

Aspects relate to observing various activities, interactions, behaviors, and other factors associated with a data exchange and creating one or more markers based on significant details associated with the observance. The one or more markers are retained and selectively rendered as a function of one or more conditions that should be satisfied before the marker is presented to the user. Some markers can contain parameters that should be satisfied in order for the marker to be considered complete. If a parameter is not satisfied, subsequent markers can be created as a function of the rendered marker. The subsequent markers can be rendered when a condition associated with the subsequent marker is satisfied.

Patent Claims
19 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A system for facilitating an automatic generation of markers based on user interaction, the system comprising: a data store; an interpretation component that monitors data associated with a user interaction, the data comprising at least one of: a conversation, and a gesture; a recognition component that analyzes the data associated with the user; and a creation component that automatically, without input from the user, generates a marker based on the data associated with the user interaction, wherein the marker provides an indication to the user, the indication being related to the data associated with the user interaction, a rendering component that, automatically, without user input, outputs the marker in one or more applications, the one or more applications comprising: a calendar, a task list, a map, and an email.

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2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data associated with the user further comprises at least one of: a geographic location and an electronic communication.

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3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the marker comprises parameters, the parameters comprising as least one of: a behavior of the user, an action the user, an interaction by the user, a location of the user, a time, a presence, or a context.

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4. The system of claim 3 , further comprising a confirmation component that prompts the user for acceptance or non-acceptance of the marker.

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5. The system of claim 4 , further comprising a detection component that determines a satisfaction of at least one of the parameters of the marker, wherein the creation component automatically generates a subsequent marker, when at least one of the one or more parameters of the marker is not satisfied.

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6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the recognition component analyzes the data associated with the user as a function of a configurable rule or a configurable policy.

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7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the marker comprises at least one of: a visual indication or an audio indication.

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8. One or more computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a computer-implemented method for automatically generating a marker, the method comprising: retrieving data associated with a user interaction, the data comprising at least one of: a conversation, and a gesture; automatically, without user input, generating a marker that corresponds to the user interaction based on analyzing the data associated with the user interaction; and automatically, without user input, rendering the marker in one or more applications that correspond to the user interaction, the one or more applications comprising: a calendar, a task list, a map, and an email. wherein the marker provides an indication to the user, the indication being related to the data associated with the user interaction, and wherein the marker comprises one or more parameters.

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9. The media of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises determining that at least one of the one or more parameters is satisfied; and rendering the marker upon determining that at least one of the one or more parameters is satisfied.

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10. The media of claim 8 , wherein the data associated with the user further comprises at least one of: a geographic location and an electronic communication.

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11. The media of claim 8 , wherein the one or more parameters comprises as least one of: a behavior of the user, an action the user, an interaction by the user, a location of the user, a time, a presence, or a context.

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12. The media of claim 8 , the method further comprising: analyzing at least one of the one or more parameters and subsequent data associated with the user; determining that at least one of the one or more parameters is not satisfied; and generating at least one subsequent marker.

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13. The media of claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises rendering the at least one subsequent marker.

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14. The media of claim 8 , wherein the analyzing the data associated with the user interaction is based on a configurable rule or a configurable policy.

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15. The media of claim 8 , wherein the marker comprises at least one of: a visual indication or an audio indication.

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16. One or more computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a computer-implemented method for automatically generating a marker, the method comprising: retrieving data associated with a user interaction, the data associated with the user interaction comprising at least one of: a conversation, and a gesture; automatically, without user input, generating a marker that corresponds to the user interaction, wherein the marker provides an indication to the user, the indication being related to the data associated with the user interaction, and wherein the marker comprises one or more parameters; automatically, without user input, rendering the marker in one or more applications that correspond to the user interaction, the one or more applications comprising: a calendar, a task list, a map, and an email; determining that at least one of the one or more parameters is not satisfied based on analyzing the at least one of the one or more parameters and data associated with a subsequent user interaction, the data associated with the subsequent user interaction comprising at least one of: a conversation and a gesture; automatically, without user input, generating one or more subsequent markers based on the data associated with the subsequent user interaction; and automatically, without user input, rendering the one or more subsequent markers.

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17. The media of claim 16 , wherein the data associated with the user further comprises at least one of: a geographic location and an electronic communication.

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18. The media of claim 16 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise as least one of: a behavior of the user, an action the user, an interaction by the user, a location of the user, a time, a presence, or a context.

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19. The media of claim 16 , the method further comprising prompting a user for acceptance of the marker or the one or more subsequent markers; and retaining the marker or the one or more subsequent markers for later rendering.

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Filing Date

March 31, 2009

Publication Date

October 15, 2013

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